Fun Facts About the Name Jaeda
- More than 2 thousand babies named Jaeda: U.S. records list 2,662 babies given the name Jaeda from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jaeda Mean?
Jaeda is a feminine name used in English whose meaning is uncertain, generally treated as a spelling variant of Jada (also spelled Jaida, Jayda, and Jaidah). The spelling may also reflect the gemstone word jade with an added -a. Because Jaeda is a respelling rather than a name with its own ancient line, its sense is usually borrowed from the parent name, and that sense is disputed.
Two explanations are commonly given for Jada. One links it to the Hebrew verb yada, "to know," and from there to a sense such as "wise" or "knowing." The other treats it as a use of the English word jade, the ornamental stone, a word that came into English from Spanish piedra de ijada, "stone of the flank," ultimately from Latin ilia, "flanks." Neither explanation is firmly documented, so the meaning of Jaeda is best described as uncertain rather than settled.
Jaeda Name History & Origins
Jaeda is one of several modern spellings of Jada that became established in the United States in the late twentieth century. The group also includes Jaida, Jayda, and Jaidah. These spellings share the same sound, JAY-duh, and are generally interchangeable; the choice among them has usually been a matter of appearance rather than of separate origin or meaning.
The parent name Jada is not an old name in English. The link to the Hebrew verb yada is frequently repeated, but yada is a verb rather than a traditional Hebrew personal name, and the connection is not documented. The gemstone jade has been a word in English since the sixteenth century, and it is sometimes cited as the source of the name, though that too is unproven. Jaeda's development belongs, then, to the modern practice of varying the spelling of short two-syllable names, not to a long chain of translation across older languages.
How Popular is the Name Jaeda?
Jaeda recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2007. Its best rank was #831 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,436 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #7,354 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #7,055 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #6,551 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2021 | #10,605 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #4,487 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #4,292 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #4,493 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #3,269 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 2016 | #3,393 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 2015 | #2,978 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 2014 | #2,902 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2013 | #2,332 | 79 | 0.0045% |
| 2012 | #2,217 | 85 | 0.0048% |
| 2011 | #1,761 | 116 | 0.0066% |
| 2010 | #1,551 | 144 | 0.0081% |
| 2009 | #1,337 | 180 | 0.0098% |
| 2008 | #1,039 | 252 | 0.0133% |
| 2007 | #831 | 346 | 0.0180% |
| 2006 | #1,216 | 198 | 0.0104% |
| 2005 | #1,633 | 123 | 0.0067% |
| 2004 | #1,992 | 93 | 0.0051% |
| 2003 | #1,835 | 101 | 0.0055% |
| 2002 | #1,875 | 95 | 0.0053% |
| 2001 | #1,665 | 109 | 0.0061% |
| 2000 | #2,004 | 83 | 0.0046% |
| 1999 | #2,447 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 1998 | #2,473 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1997 | #3,185 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1996 | #4,495 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #3,619 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1994 | #7,280 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #9,011 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #6,803 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #9,669 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #9,047 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #10,869 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #9,156 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #9,653 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #10,976 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #10,201 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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